The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-04-01
Or Parish Mystery,

itv # vas one Of the most comornIare Of
EncIish bomIets. inhabited only nv fishermen
aud farm Iaborers. Our yicarsre, the grange.
md a pretty little cottage called Sea View.
torc tbe only respectable houses IN the nI,co
On orr arrival at the narsonoo Sea View cot.
tace was to let. and so all the society that
wos to he had was that Of the cranor ncoDlc,
the souire and his family, Now. though Mr..
and Mrs. Dale were excellent people IN their
way and very hospjtable there was certainly
some excuse for our wishing for an occasional
change Of society. and all the more so that we
had come to Sandyille from one OF the most
fashionable townsi in the north Of England. 1t
was therefore with great pleasure that we
heard one day from Mrs. Dale that Sea View
cottage had at last found q tenant.
''And more than a mere tenant" added the
squire radiautIy; "a person of great dlstinc-
zion. | consider that that piece of house
property has trcbIed in value since l signed
the lease with Mrs. Mort"
"MortTr | cried. you don't mean James
Mort, the author Of "Georgetter ="
The same" answered Mrs. Dale, smiling,
no doubt at my having confessed myself a
reader of novels; 'the great novelist. He has
taken the house for nine years."
Have you seen him? What Is he like" l
asked anxlously.
mo. We have only seen his wife. She
came over from Dover Yesterday. They have
Just arrived from Paris, where Mr.. Mort has
been living. He was too fatigued to accom-
pany her. The passage from Calais had
greatly upset him Mrs. Mort seems a charm
ing person, though rather peculiar"
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aAs soon as the house is in order. We have
got the men in now. Jobson promised to have
it ready in a fortnight"
About three weeks later nv husband and l
called on our new parishioners. We were re-
ceived by Mrs. Mort, who answered the bell
herself.
"The parson and his wife, I should say from
YOUR look. Come in, I don't keen a servant
YOU see. Don't make a noise. This way,
please.n
was somewhat astonished at this welcome,
which was grufiy and abruptly spoken. Nv
husband, l could see from his preternaturalIy
solemn expression, was making a violent effort
to control his laughter. Certainly Mrs. Mort
cut d very comtcal figure. She was q tail. at
woman, with a very red face, and was dressed
In a black gown, that might have been made in
Paris under the first empire. The waist came
ap to close beneath the breast and was cir
eled With a flowing white sash. Her hair was
cat quite short, like a mans.
Supervising our laughter as best we could we
feloHed her into the d~raving-room. We were
surprised to ind that the windows which COM
n4Hnded an excellent view Of the sea. had been
pl&stered oTer with red paper, which cOm-
plesely hid the outside, and east Il lurid
a15 uuplezsant light oTer the interior of
fha rJ0-l he furniture consisted Of a sofa
nsvs-aa With hask stuH. two arm-chairs en-
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